Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Carol Forsbcrg asks Lester Core to state his intentions concerning Gavit’s first prom, sponsored by the junior class at the Sherwood Club May 17. Glenn Swearingen, wearing a lapel less jacket, snap-tab shirt and thin tie, talks with Marty Newcomb, who is wearing a striped sweater. Fads in shoes found during the year were colored corduroy sneakers, crew socks and tennis shoes, thin black socks and high boots, laced shoes, multi colored patched shoes, t-strap shoes in various styles and colors and leather shell flats with a. square vamp. Fifty-Mile Hikes After school work, students turned eyes toward world events and fads. In October President John Kennedy announced a quarantine of Cuba. Amer- icans spent the year under the shadow of crises in Cuba, Laos and Berlin. Fifty-mile hikes were the rage as young and old alike took to the roads. Hit movies included Lawrence of Arabia”, To Kill a Mockingbird”, and The Miracle Worker”. Popular dances were the twist, bird an d bossa nova. Boys nailed” (see page 79 for demonstration) each other, while girls made love chains of gum wrappers. L4

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Freshmen Present w Hillbilly Weddin’,” First Play Forty freshmen took part in the first GHS theatrical production April 18 and 19, when they presented Hill- billy Weddin ' in the gym. Main characters had double casts. Mrs. B. Johnson directed the play, as- sisted by freshman class sponsors Miss C. Feddeler and Mr. M. Hunt. Plot involved the efforts of Paw Belsnickle to arrange weddings for his six daughters. Matters were complicated by a shootin’ feud with their neighbors, the Upschlagers, a furor over rattle- snakes and the arrival of a young city el low and his class-conscious aunt. Chiz Upschlager (Arnie Lewin) prepares to hit Paw Belsnickle (Rich Ferguson) as Ccelie Belsnickle (Pat Matusik), his oldest daughter, keep him busy talking Left: Juncy Lou (Kathy Sax) and Ceelie (Pat Matjjsik) transform Obeey Upschlager (Bill Weliky) so the cousins won’t shoot him during the Bclsnickle-Upschlager feud. Dozens of cousins, the clan, neighbors and visitors from the city gather for the wedding of Obeey Upschlager and Ceelie, oldest Belsnickle.

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Pat Matusik, modeling a hooded jacket, and Jim Sherby help Letty Hicks look for her contact lense, which gained in popularity during the year. Letty is also wearing suspenders. World Crises, Fads Important To Students In 1963 Sue Comer, in an elbow patched shirt and wrap-around and Judi Block, wearing an angora sweater, talk with Tula Carstcnsen, in a mohair pullover.